February 4 10:00 am
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a public talk (10am EST)
Full info and registration here.
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February 16 7:00 pm
The Giller Master Panel: Black writers’ experience publishing in Canada, 7pm EST
Moderated by award-winning author, academic, public intellectual and former Scotiabank Giller Prize juror, Cecil Foster, the panel will include 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Ian Williams, 2021 jury chair and author Zalika Reid-Benta, literary agent Chelene Knight and renowned writer and scholar, Rinaldo Walcott, discussing their experiences being published in Canada.
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April 2 7:30 pm
TUNING IN (APRIL 2-4, 2021), with new audio plays by Yvette Nolan, Audrey Dwyer, and Amy Lee Lavoie
Co-presented with the MAI, Tuning In is a commissioned series of three new, short audio plays penned by women playwrights from across Canada. Tuning In tackles issues of denial, fear and care. Three Canadian women playwrights explore the perspectives that reflect our personal realities and also the truths that bind us together. The series invites us to question the human experience and how society shapes us. More info here!
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April 24 12:00 pm
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, online, April 24 – May 2
Full festival information here!
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March 10 7:00 pm
Ada X presents Poetics to Activate the Technology of the Body 1 + 2 | Be Heintzman Hope + Baco Lepage-Acosta / Rouzbeh Shadpey, online
Full info here!
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March 18 6:30 pm
Make the World New: A Celebration of the Work, Poetry, and Influence of Lillian Allen, online, 6:30pm ET
A discussion with:
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March 25 7:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project, online — Shani Mootoo and Natalie Wee, 7pm ET
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July 7 7:00 pm
Online Argo Reading Series: Verse, Prose & Song, with Maria Caltabiano, Salena Wiener, Deanna Radford, Joshua Levy, Christine Davet, Shaheen Munir
Full info here – email for the Zoom link – and info excerpted below.
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July 15 9:00 pm
The Atwater Poetry Project, online, 9pm-10pm EST
Readings by Brandi Bird and Kaitlyn Purcell and hosting by APP curator Faith Paré.
To REGISTER, click here (on Crowdcast). More info here!
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July 20 7:00 pm
Soundings: Celebrating 50 years of The Capilano Review, 7pm PT / 10pm ET
Celebrate 50 years of The Capilano Review, in person on Wednesday July 20th at the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver, or virtually by tuning into the livestream. Link details to come and check back for the link here.
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November 17 12:30 pm
A Partly Common Language: Roundtable on the Poetics Essay, online
The Capilano Review presents “A Partly Common Language: Roundtable on The Poetics Essay,” featuring Nicole Brossard, Stephen Collis, Larissa Lai, Jami Macarty, and D.S. Marriott. Online, on Zoom, and co-sponsored by the Department of English at Simon Fraser University.
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November 29 1:00 pm
CHANTAL NEVEU and ERIN MOURE, online
Full info here!
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December 8 8:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project, online
Readings by Jake Byrne, Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch and guests, hosted by Christopher DiRaddio.
To REGISTER, click here.
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January 11 7:00 pm
Giller Book Club: Suzette Mayr’s The Sleeping Car Porter, online
This year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Suzette Mayr will be joined by Donna Bailey Nurse for this one-hour conversation!
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January 12 7:00 pm
Argo Zoom Reading Series: Verse, Prose & Song, online
With Jody Freeman, Ilona Martonfi, Angela Doyle, Barbara Lewis, H. Nigel Thomas, Cora Siré, and Victoria LeBlanc.
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January 13 2:00 pm
One Love, Literary: A Conversation with writer Sina Queyras, online
Full info here!
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February 6 5:00 pm
Metonymy Author Showcase & Cabaret
Featuring readings from writer-in-residence H. Felix Chau Bradley, Kama La Mackerel, and Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, and participation of Metonymy authors Addie Tsai, Shanice Nicole, and more. Hosted by Erin Hurley (Department of English), the readings will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. The event will be live streamed and live captioned.
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